June 5, 2009

Timperlake: China’s response on N. Korea 'tepid', Japan's deterrence 'key'

U.S. officials have praised China’s communist government for statements made about the problem of North Korea’s nuclear test. However, observers note that China has not condemned the action.... Edward Timperlake, a former Pentagon official, said China’s role with North Korea “is part of the problem and not the solution.”   (FULL STORY)
A U.S. Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems) aircraft at Kadena U.S. Air Force, Japan. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

What's really going on in Pyongyang? Hu Jintao wakes up and smells the kimchi

Beijing has finally awakened to the fact that it has to use tough tactics to deter Pyongyang from developing nuclear and missile capacities that could hurt China as much as the U.S., Japan or S. Korea. Speaking indirectly for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) administration, influential Korea specialists and government advisers have all but admitted Beijing had misread the intentions of the Kim Jong-Il regime. Diplomatic sources in Beijing and Seoul expect Beijing could ratchet up the pressure on the DPRK ...  (FULL STORY)
Chinese patrol boats along the Yalu river dividing North Korea from China near Dandong, on June 3.   AP/Ng Han Guan
U.S. report: China adopting a harder line on North Korea
Jones: North Korean nuke test not a surprise, proliferation is 'imminent danger'
   
Report: North Korea may have used TNT to fake nuclear test
China's new satellite navigation system frees its missile force from GPS
China expanding number of ports in line with 'string of pearls' strategy
N. Korean test fails to halt China’s resumption of border tourism

China steel industry in free fall, but government planners in Beijing only increase production / Japan's consumer-oriented 'stimulus' package credited for signs of a turnaround / New Zealand's economy slips further / Bangladeshi exports microlending to NYC
New N. Korea military movements, ICBM missile launch preparations reported
Intelligence: More North Korean provocations expected
Report: China freezes diplomatic exchanges with North Korea after nuclear test

 
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